The Botany of Iceland - 01.12.1942, Síða 156
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JOHS. GRONTVED
1901, p. 32.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 36,—C.H.O., Fl. arct., 1902, p. 92.—
O. & Gr., 1934, p. 31.
Flor. Dan. tab. 1402 (hot good).
Icelandic: Broddastör. Danish: Smaaskællet Star. English: Rhacheoled Sedge.
Common in N., S., and S.W.; frequent in E. and N.W. In the central parts
recorded from Hvannalindir (A. & F., 1935, p. 410; S.S., 1933), Fróðá and
Hvítárvatn (J.Gr., 1934).
Steindórsson, 1934, records it from 9 different places on the peninsula
Melrakkasljetta, N., and it is more probably a commoner plant in Iceland than may
be concluded from the records from other parts.
Life-form: G. (Rhizome Geophyte).
On moors, in moist and moderately moist places, on the banks of brooks often in
abundance.
Flor. VI—VII; fr. mat. VII—VIII.
Max. height: 29 cm; average: 12 cm.
Geogr. area: Am. : St. Lawrence mts., Newfoundland, Hudson Bay, Baffin Land.
Cordilleras from Alberta to Colorado; S. Am.: Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Isl.,
Patagonia.—Greenl.: W. 60°—70°59'. E. 66°20'—74°30'.—Eur.: Scandinavia, Alps,
Karpathians, northern and central Russia, Caucasus.—Asia: Siberia, Altai, Pamir,
Tibet.
90. Carex nardina Fries. Mant. II (1839) p. 55.
Stefánsson, Fl. Isl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 32.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 36,—C.H.O.,
Fl. arct., 1902, p. 48.—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 32.
Flora Dan. tab. 2365.
Icelandic: Finnungsstör. English: Nard Sedge.
Found in several localities in the highland north of Vatnajökull: in Brúaröræfi
(S.S., 1935, p. 44) ; Hvannalindir (A. & F., 1935, p. 410) ; also in the hills at
Eyjafjörður, see fig. 51.
Fig. 51. Carex nardina Fries.
Steindórsson, loc. cit., is of
opinion that this species may be
rather frequent in the higher parts
of central Iceland, at least north
of Vatnajökull.
Life-form : H.
In fell-field, barren places, usually
at a high level.
Flor. VI—VII; fr. mat. VII—
VIII.
Max. height: 8 cm; average:
5 cm.
Geogr. area : Am. : From Labrador
to Brit. Columbia, southward
to Colorado and Washington.—
Greenl.: W. 60°53'—81°4'. E.
60°—79°30'.—Eur.: Northern
Scandinavia and Finland, Spits-
bergen.—Asia : Kamchatka (?).
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